Nations invite envoys to Washington for World Economic Conference
United States invites eleven countries to send personal representatives to discuss world problems with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. Britain and France may pair talks with PM MacDonald and former PM Herriot. Poland and Czechoslovakia pressed for consultations but were not invited. Italie to be represented by Pinande Guida Ning as informal foreign affairs interlocutor. Mussolini directs.
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United Press
Washington
State Department
United States
Department
Hull
Roosevelt
White House
MacDonald
Premer Herriot
France
Stanislaw Piek
Poland
Jerdinad Veverka
Anxias
London
Rome
Pinande
Guida Ning
Taly
Mussolini
Far East rail crisis and battles reported in Manchuria
In Changchun Manchuria on April 12 fighting between Japan China and Soviet backed forces intensified near the Great Wall. Reports say 500 Chinese defenders were killed around Lengkow and overall casualties rose as Japanese forces pressed their campaign, with heavy losses noted on both sides and interruptions to joint railway operations. The Manchurian representative demanded the restitution of rolling stock from Moscow within a month, including 2 locomotives 90 carriages and 3200 freight cars, amid hopes to force an international settlement.
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Manchuria
Russia
Manchoukuo
Wusturn
Japan
Great Wall
Lengkow
Inpangse
Lofties
Englishman Pleads Guilty in Soviet Sabotage Case
William MacDonald one of six Englishmen charged with sabotage pleaded guilty before a Soviet revolutionary tribunal. Eleven Russians also pleaded guilty. five English co-defendants pleaded not guilty. The indictment described a wide conspiracy aiming at major Soviet power plants and alleged Vickers Plc involvement in espionage.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
William MacDonald
Jong
Soviet Union
Metropolitan Vickers Company
England
Corry Women to Attend Meeting in Clearfield
Corry women will play prominent roles in the Northwestern District Spring meeting of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women to be held at Clearfield on April 19 and 20. District president Mrs. R. C. Barnes will preside, with district secretary Mrs. T. P. Giblin and Corry chairwoman Chaye Abbey leading the arrangements. The group will attend the two day conference, with a district banquet at the Hotel Timelling Wednesday evening and sessions on citizenship education conservation and international relations Thursday. Notables include Mrs. Richard J. Hamilton state president and Mrs. Ramsay Burton of Erie plus Princess Der Ling scheduled to speak on New China.
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Corry
State Federation of Pennsylvania
Glearfield
R. C. Barnes
T. P. Giblin
Mra Chaye Abbey
Pennsylvania
Frank
Austin
Corry Club
James Caseldy
Citizenship Department
Istrict
B.C. Barnes
S Peloai
Richard J. Hamilton
Ramsay Burton
Erie
Princess der Ling
New China
Angel
Harrisburg Unemployment Relief Bill Approved
The Harrisburg state senate passed unanimously a five million dollar immediate unemployment relief measure. President Roosevelt nominated James A. Curley of Boston to be ambassador to Poland. Kansas City theatres closed indefinitely after union workers rejected a proposed salary cut. Chairman Doughton aims to report favorably a bill repealing the forty million dollar federal house tax. The USS Macon sister ship of the ill-fated Aloresei will flight maiden voyage at 5 am tomorrow per Commander Preset.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Curley
Boston
Mass
Poland
Kansas City
Akron
U.S. S
Macon
New Air Braking System Promises Safer Trains
Pittsburgh authorities report a new air braking system named type AB developed by Westinghouse Air Brake Company and the American Railway Association. After eight years of study, tests on 150 all steel box cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Conneaut and Altoona showed the brake acts almost instantly and independently on each car, enabling a quick smooth stop for long freight trains.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
American Railway Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coneslaugh
Altoona
Corry High wins district flute contest honors
Richard Bennett of Corry High School led the Corry flute entrants to district honors in Erie with a top finish as Sharon High School led Northwestern Pennsylvania in music and forename events, claiming multiple first places and seconds across string, vocal, and wind categories.
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Bernard Bennett
Sharon
Richard Bennett
Corry High School
Erie Academy
New Castle
Grove City
Corry
Brim
Sharon High School
Pennsylvania
Sharm
Titusville
Jin
Harrisville
Stoneborn
Meadville
Zeilenople
New Castel
Oil City
Evans City
Zelienople
New Wilmington
Mars
Bdas
Gore
Greenville
Belienople
Erie
Japan reports Jehol losses as war widens
April 13 Torio dispatch says Japan sacrificed IMT soldiers in the Jehol province campaign with Sadav Aratd as war minister announcing the results. The tally lists 1479 Japanese soldiers killed and 146 wounded in action through April 10 amid ongoing fighting and related engagements.
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Torio
Japan
IMT
Jehol
Sadav Aratd
Hospital Bills Get Gag Rule In Lower House
Harrisburg April 14 Speaker Talbot ruled to curb Socialist Labor filibustering by limiting resolutions to 30 minutes per session and banning night presentations. April 12 leaders prepared to invoke gag rule to speed business. two hours of delay yesterday prompted urgent action. House aims to finish most appropriation bills. Senate plans include a 1.24 dollar per barrel tax for unemployment relief and other measures. The Sunday baseball and football legalization bill awaited Pinchot's action.
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Joseph S. Wasney
United Press
Harrisburg
Grover G. Talbot
House of the General Assembly
Talbot
Pennsylvania
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House of Presentatives
Assembly
Miyy
Enqmittess
House
Benale
Republican State Organization
Hose
Senate
Pinchot
Dhaily Coults
Sanity Hearing For Winnie Judd Gets Eleventh Hour Grant
Florence April 12 An eleventh hour respite was granted for Winnie Ruth Judd by Florence state prison Warden to prepare a sanity hearing. A 12 member sanity jury will decide if she is insane and possibly avoid the gallows. If found insane she will be confined to a state hospital in Florence.
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United Press
Florence
Ari
Winnie Ruthfui
Acg Walk
Florence State Prison
Waller
Wuese
Hal
Judd
Flisents
Canonsburg Teachers Face 70 Percent Pay Cut
Canonsburg public school teachers were informed they would receive 70 percent of their salaries due to delinquent taxes. The notice came from the school board as a response to fiscal shortfalls impacting funding for the upcoming term.
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Canonsburg
Pan
Canongbiye Public
Xondol
Measure Abolishing Poor Board Passes in Erie County
Harrisburg April 12 In a legislative reversal two who opposed reconsidered and supported the measure. The Ziesenheim bill to abolish Erie county poor board passed 121 to 57 with 24 former opponents voting yes. Rep John H King and Rep William Kinney led the drive. sponsor Senator Joseph Re Hesenhem. The plan shifts from elected to court-appointed poor board.
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Harrisburg
Ziesenheim
Erie County
John H. King
William Kinney
Joseph Re. Hesenhem
Ene
W. E. Hirt
Life Sentence for Cult Leader Who Murdered Mother
John H. Mills, 36, head of a Kentucky mountain cult, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his mother Mrs. Lileinda Mills. Relatives Ballard Mills and Blaine McGinnis received 21 years each. nine others were indicted, four acquitted. officers testified at the rural hill country scene where Mills killed his mother while chanting.
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Uniteo Press
Mne
John H. Mills
Kentucky
Lileinda. Mills
Ballard Mills
Blaine McGinnis
John Mills
Artep
Mills Guch
Lonely Hill Country
Here
Hts
Roosevelt urges removal of trade barriers Pan American Day speech
President Roosevelt, addressing Pan American Day, urged immediate removal of artificial barriers hampering healthy trade among American republics. He emphasized each western hemisphere nation should act now without delay, noting the speech was translated into Portuguese and Spanish and referenced regional tensions.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
Washington
President Roosevelt
Wisom Today
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
Governing Board of the Union
Bolivia
Paraguay
Colombia
Peru
Memorial to G A R Planned in Pine Grove
A Civil War memorial will be erected in Pine Grove Cemetery honoring Grand Army of the Republic members. A surviving Civil War veteran will oversee the unveiling with special Memorial Day exercises in City Park. A Veterans' Council committee led by Black plans the 1933 observance and Lut Ped Stover of Butler will deliver the memorial address.
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Pine Grove
Céemetery
Says Black
Veterans’ Council
Stover
Butler
Veterans of Foreign Wara
United States
Girders on dirigible weak revealed in inquiry
Lakehurst N J April 12 testimony before a naval court of inquiry revealed plans to strengthen girders of the Akron during overhaul beginning April 7 after the airship crashed on April 4. Lieut Commander B F Cochrane in charge of assembly and repair testified about the intended upgrades.
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United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Akron
Naval Court of Inquiry
B. F. Cochrane
Aleron
Easter Finery Purchases Reach Record Spending
A United Press survey reports hundreds of millions spent on Easter finery as shoppers boost purchases amid loosened credit and brighter business. Merchants expect higher unit volume than last year, with one Chicago reader noting a large order despite earlier overstock concerns. Details continue on page two.
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Max Buckingham
United Press
New York
United Prev
Chicago
Michigan Tuyar
Association of Coms Mmdrod
Roosevelt study of production control program proposed
Washington April 12 President Roosevelt considers a plan to spread production across industries to ease the overproduction morass. Secretary Perkins and Secretary Roper study options to widen employment and prevent factory overtime disparities while denying a 20 hour work week. The administration favors flexible rules to spread work and prevent concentration with proposals to spread employment and limit excessive hours.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Perking
Commerce Roper
Howover
Nf & Piven Indlisteyy
Imminent Closing of All Chicago Schools
April 12 reports say Chicago could shut down the public school system due to $28 million in back pay owed to teachers. Trustee H. Wallace Caldwell plans to seek an order for immediate closure, prompting protests and riotous sessions as officials weigh actions amid funding shortfalls.
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Chicago
H. Wallace Caldwell
Sohor
Board of
Eduction
Caldwell
Actiols
Orvilley J. Taylor
Gardwer
Sin City
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